Microsoft's Silverlight Promises to Disrupt Linux Web Users
John Bailo, Texeme.Construct
http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1418.html
"The Silverlight software, based on the preexisting Windows Media
Video standard, is a "cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next
generation of media experiences and rich interactive applications
(RIAs) for the Web," according to a recent press release available
here on Microsoft's website. Though Silverlight sounds very promising,
and may actually displace Flash video as the means most sites use to
stream content, Microsoft has yet to even hint at the planned
existence of a Linux plug-in. Apparently, cross-platform only includes
Windows and OS X, even though there is an ever-increasing Linux user
base."
la...@portcommodore.com
wrote:
Thats kind of like us saying GNU/Linux will replace Windows overnight,
there is quite an installed base of Flash players and creation
utilities and I don't think you will see such an adoption of a new
technology that fast, even if MS pre-installs the player on all their
Windows/Mac software update packs.
Regardless of the availability of just the player the big thing is the
availability of the creation tools to create media with the quality
and on the wide variety of applications/platforms that Flash media
already enjoys.
Tim Smith
Development of a Linux plug-in is well under way. I'm surprised you
missed it--Schestowitz has been heavily FUDing against it for quite a
while.
<http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight>
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--Tim Smith
Kier
Looks like they've made a lot of progress, too, in a fairly short time.
Impressive. Just goes to show what Linux coders can do when they put their
minds to it.
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Kier
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Kier
OK
You probably mean: when they got something to copy...
Always a lot easier than to tome with something original...
Rick
You mean like Microsoft's DOS? Oh, yeah... QDOS, based on CP/M..., or
like Windows, cribbed from other's GUIs, or like Pen Windows...
"developed" after looking thought the work of Go...
Yeah, Microsoft is very innovative.
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Rick